Paladin's Art Thread

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  1. Paladin

    Paladin Overjoyed Man of Liberty

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    Oh, all right...since you insist. ;)

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    So, Marvel must be scraping WF and/or Shmegalamonga for ideas, because they just turned Dazzler into Chokecherry.
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    Motherf***ers!
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    Paladin Overjoyed Man of Liberty

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    Jade Shade with pals Chokecherry, Eidolon, and Dr. Herbert: the Street Sweepers!

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    Ngaahhh!! Just tried to print it, and I ran outta green!
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    *updated image to one tweaked by Diacanu to have better color saturation and vividness*
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    Did some drawin' last night and today...

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    Paladin Overjoyed Man of Liberty

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    I'm trying to get used to drawing with a pencil...

    Here, I'm trying to do accurate anatomy and convey some depth.

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    Here's The Solution and Gus. Like the musculature and the pose, though my cross-hatching leaves a lot to be desired...
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    Batman! I like the obliques on the crouching figure.

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    How about a couple of Jade Shade-themed sketches? (I left off Chokecherry's warpaint 'cause I wanted to work on drawing regular faces.)

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    And finally Black Widow and Thor. I tried to give Black Widow genuinely Russian facial features, and I think that worked.

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    Paladin Overjoyed Man of Liberty

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    Exercise for today: drawing an expressive face from a strange perspective.

    I went through 6 drawings of the same face, critiquing at each step and trying to improve the next iteration. I'm really happy with the result...the ideal is probably between #5 (which looks like a slight caricature) and #6 (which is "realistic").

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    Paladin Overjoyed Man of Liberty

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    Couple of sketches from today...

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    Paladin Overjoyed Man of Liberty

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    I went to my first session of a live figure drawing class last night and it went pretty well. (I lucked out since this week's nude model was an attractive young woman; last week's was...not.)

    A little NSFW...

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    Paladin Overjoyed Man of Liberty

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    Some more sketching tonight...

    Cherry and Shade asking a suspect a few questions.

    I drew this while having dinner in a restaurant. Noticing the perp's resemblance to a certain game show host, the waiter wondered "What did Alex Trebek do to deserve this?" I laughed and suggested this piece's title should be "What is 'Getting Your Ass Kicked'?"

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    Paladin Overjoyed Man of Liberty

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    More sketching...Mr. Starshine trying to blast Jade Shade.

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    Lanzman Vast, Cool and Unsympathetic Formerly Important

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    In those relative positions I think I would have JS's right hand in a fist and his left open, as if he's about to swing around and clock Mr Starshine on the jaw.
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    ^Not a bad idea.

    I chose the left fist and right hand because I was trying to convey "thrusting forward" with the left hand and "almost getting left behind" with the right.

    But, as a practical matter, I think you're right.
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    Some days, a sketch just goes really well...

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    Marso High speed, low drag.

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    Good stuff, dude.
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    Paladin Overjoyed Man of Liberty

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    How about a little Legion of Liberty (sorta aping Jim Lee's Justice League #1 cover)?

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    Some new Jade Shade sketches involving Commander Continuum...

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    And the full color version of that Streetsweepers one *is* coming, as soon as I get some free time to finish it up!
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    excruciationizer.jpg And now...the Excruciationizer!

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